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About GMP Capital Inc.

GMP is a leading independent diversified financial services firm headquartered in Toronto, Canada, providing a wide range of financial products and services to a client base including corporate clients, institutional investors and high-net-worth individuals in two integrated reporting segments: Capital Markets and Wealth Management. The Capital Markets segment provides investment banking, including advisory and underwriting services, institutional sales and trading and research through offices located in Toronto, Montreal, Calgary, London and Nassau. The Capital Markets segment conducts its business through the following operating entities: GMP Securities L.P., GMP Securities, LLC and Griffiths McBurney Corp. Wealth Management consists of GMP's non-controlling ownership interest in Richardson GMP Limited. Richardson GMP Limited is a full service independent firm focused on providing exclusive and comprehensive wealth management and investment services delivered by an experienced team of investment professionals. GMP is listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange under the symbol “GMP”. For further information, please visit our corporate website at gmpcapital.com.

History

Timeline

Present

GMP Capital
enters into agreement to sell substantially all of its capital markets business to Stifel Financial Corp. and intends to invest heavily toward accelerating growth at Richardson GMP.

GMP Securities expands capabilities in the U.S. Energy sector with the opening of an office in Houston, Texas.

2014

Richardson GMP's shareholders collectively negotiate changes to the shareholder liquidity process that was implemented in connection with the 2009 business combination transaction, moving from a calendar-driven to a consensus-driven liquidity process.

GMP Securities completes a comprehensive review of operations, leading to significant and sustainable fixed cost savings, an optimization of its businesses as well as a rationalization of its real estate footprint.

GMP Investment Management L.P. completes the sale of the majority of its assets under management to Fiera Capital Corporation; is subsequently rebranded as CQI Capital Management L.P.

GMP Capital Corp. converts to an income trust (becoming GMP Capital Trust); trades on the TSX under the ticker GMP.UN.

2005

Griffiths McBurney & Partners goes public in a $110,000,000 IPO (becomes GMP Capital Corp.); begins trading on the TSX under the ticker GMP.

2003

Griffiths McBurney & Partners was founded with the vision of creating an energetic, entrepreneurial and independent investment dealer focused on serving corporate clients and institutional investors.

1995

GMP Capital Inc.

GMP is a leading, Canadian independent financial services firm that currently operates through two business segments;
Operations Clearing and Wealth Management; and a corporate segment.
GMP(through RF Securities) provides carrying broker services to Richardson GMP and carrying broker services to Stifel's Canadian capital markets business.